laparotomy
"laparotomy" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“laparotomy” is uncommon English (frequency #90,645 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,645
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
Corpus desk
Index EN-laparotomy · laparotomy · English
laparotomy · rank #90,645 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,645
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH Laois
Nearest frequency peer: Laois (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “laparotomy”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- languidly
languidly
9,359 corpus weight
- Lansley
Lansley
9,358 corpus weight
- Laois
Laois
9,357 corpus weight
- laparotomy
laparotomy
9,356 corpus weight
- lapidary
lapidary
9,355 corpus weight
- lathered
lathered
9,353 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “laparotomy” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | laparotomy |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “laparotomy” in English
Rare enough to double-check
laparotomy is uncommon English at frequency #90,645 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.".
No generated misspelling entries exist for laparotomy in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From laparo- + -tomy. The correct English form is laparotomy, spelled L-A-P-A-R-O-T-O-M-Y.
Definition
- 1The surgical procedure for making an incision in the abdominal wall to gain access into the abdominal cavity. Performed either as exploratory surgery, or as the first step in an abdominal operation.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how laparotomy appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Itʼs known as a laparotomy, which involves cutting open your whole abdomen.
Etymology
From laparo- + -tomy.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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